Goblins by Philip Reeve – review
A witty send-up of the magical worldPhilip Reeve is a class act, a marvellously original creator of intelligent and entertaining fictions. The Mortal Engines series remains his great achievement, but with Goblins – as if taking a little time off to p...
Arcadia Awakens by Kai Meyer – review
Simon Mason is made an offer he can't refuseTroubled girl meets mysterious boy. A boy and girl who are, in fact, members of opposing mafia clans, who are, in reality, the lost shape-shifters of old Arcadia. If there isn't such a term as "high-concept-c...
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
Asperger's syndrome is dealt with sensitively in a 10-year-old's storyTen-year-old Caitlin Smith is doubly bereaved. Two years ago her mother died of cancer; now her beloved older brother Devon has been randomly murdered in a shooting at their American...
Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes by Lauren Child – review
A character from the Clarice Bean books now has her own novelThe brilliance of Lauren Child is the result of a unique chemical reaction between a glorious sense of style and a smartly original take on real life. The mass audience her books have attract...
